New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-04-14
HAIL TO FAIR COLUMBIA.
A BRILLIANT GATHERING AT HER CENTEN.
NAL CELEBRATION.
EXERCISES IN THE METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE,
CoNFERRING OF THE DEGREEs-A HOST OF
PROMINENT GUEsTs--CROwDED RE-

| eo1rEsnNd OF THE DEGREEs-A HOST OF
| PROMINENT GUEsTs--CkOwDED RE-
| CEPTIoN AT THE COLLEGE
Columbia College held q birthday rec n IN, v O.
terday. The ir demc had given her vo,n-cr
| children vacation for a week and sent invita-.
tlons far and near calling her many sops of ma.
turer years to return and spend the day with
her. Nor was she selfish in her joy. Many sister
institutions were invited TO Join in the festivf-
ties. Tho invitations did not % unheeded; no
excuses were sant. Statesmen lefs city, State and
National affairs to the care of Others for a dey:
clereymen threw aside s'rmon-malli q for o few
hours and ladies neglected the demands OF So
ciety as they gathered TO commemorate the one
hundredth anniversary of the revival and con-
irmation by the New-Yoik Legislature of tho
royal charter granted to Kings College in 1854.
In the morning more than 1000 loyal sons Of
the college paraded in her honor bearing aloft
her beautiful standard of blue and white The
literary exercises were he'd in the Metropolitan
Opera House, and in the evening a reception was
given to the invited guests at the college build
| ings
| FORMING IN LINZ.
At a. m. the platoon of policemen formed In
line in front of President .Barnards house in East
Forty y-ninth-st. with Cappa's Band following, while
| the alumni of the college formed i'm Fourthaye.
| above Fory-nnthst. Among them were many
| gray y-hailed men, "boys' of fifty years ago.
mingling with the boys wIo are now Under
graduates.
| 1T SEEMS like old times, said one of them as
he wiped the tears from his eyes II haven't seem
some of these fellows for ten or fifteen years. and
Others hardly since were gradu atcd'
| Hello, Jim,' exclaimed another, do they call
you Jim yet 1 never expected to meet you
again. Just then friendly rivalry was started
TO discover the oldest class represented in the
parade. This honor given TO Thomas W.
| Christie, who represented the class of 1929
| Among other veterans who marched in the limo
were w. c. Russell '32, j. j. jenkins '33. James
Anderson AS, Fred S. Tallmadgc AS, Henry Onder
donk AS, John Moneypenney "a, william Crtieer
Iell AS, the Rev. DIR. j. s. ClarI, 80, Charles H.
Ward 81. W. j. Sayrcs "a, L X. Ely '54, IT.
III. Congdon "a, and W. c. Winslow '57.
| SHOUTS CHEERS AND SONGS.
few minutes after the line formed an ice-cart
attempted to drive through the ranks of the
alumni who filled the street Not much - ex
claimed a representative Of "a as he rushed for
ward and seized the horses by their rcns. The
driver was obstinate but all to no avail and the
ice-cart had to stand until the alumni marched
on at 80 with Murray Mitchell, II, as the ban
| nerbearcr. The classes below so were well
| represented. 's5 and &c bringing up the rear OF
| the alumni with short, sharp yells Of
C-o-l-u-m-bi-a, And as the procession started
they struck up:
In Tsayen Tsa rs.;S aSsvs , where re AZ I, love-
In front of the Law School the law students
assembled, wearing silk hats and blue and white
badges, and as the alumni marched past them
both bodies of men cheered with all their might
| The undergraduates from the Schools of Arts,
| Mines, and Medicine as embed in Madison ave.
those from the Arts and Mines above Forty.
ninth-st and the medical students b, low Forty
| ninth-st. The young doctors fell into line after
the Law School, wearing badges Of white and
blue and also badges bea.ing skull and cross
,ones aud as they marched Though the streets
'C-o-,-,l-m-b-i-a, BIO n-e-s Saw Bones - sounded
out the morning air. The seniors in the
school Of Arts followed, wear NJ the college coor
and mortar boards with purple tassels, and carry
ing canes. They bore blue and white hay bear
ING the names of the VARSITY crew for 's7. Be
mind them marched the seniors fiom the Schoo!
OF Mines, als) wearing blue and lite badges
| The class of 'ss School Of Arts followed few
wearing mortarbOards with blue tisscls and al,
wearing badge Juniors fIom the Mines eora
.aine next with their blue and white badges im
| sophom1res followed the Arts and then thi
Iines, bearing blue and white striped banner
he class Of 30, st but not lea in point ot
numbers, brought up the rear, the Ats leading
he Mines The freshmen in the Arts appeared td
| oe in a particularly Jolly frame OF minl evid'ntJ
| lie result OF their class dinner Tuesday nigit
| Their nor, ,ar-boards had tascls Cf black ane
they supported large blue banner with 80 fig
urcd in white letters The freshmen in the Mines
wore miners caps.
| HALF MILE OF COLLEGIhNs.
The ma.chng column WAS half a mile ir
length and cont incd over two thousand Colum-
| ba men. All along the line Of mar,h houso
were decorated with blue and viii flags, while
number, of pretty girls wearing blue and white
| ribbons locked smnsly out from the windows
at the students who chceled their com hmenta
in return The nalade started firm the college
and wheeled into Mason-ave., and thence
| n arched to Forty-eighth-st., 20 Fiith-lvc, 10
| thirty -lourth-st., to Broadway, 10 the Mcr5poi'
itan Opera Uou.c. While the ne was clossn2
broadway a funeral halted TO wait for the stu
dents to pass and the mirth was momehtanv
| nllshed, but as tie column approached the OIerS
ioise the band struck up lively airs. among them
peinp MARY had q little lamb and "Son Of
| .ambolicr in which the whole 1000 men Joined
-efore the parade dsni sci the line bt&s
and there an eager scrmblins for ats. Inc
procession marshallcd as follows: u ana
marshal Robert &. Con.il "a OF A. aSat
ants, A. b. smmonds '73 5. Oh
Ia, b. A. nds "a :. Of A., a.
| H. Van Sinderen 'sI s. OF NJ, A. l.. Bcebc 10
| :. Of NJ, b. B. Lawrence ;. of NJ, D. Il. Baidwins
jr, S. of L.. r. ;. Harvey 5.
Of L.. W. Manice S. of L.. r. G.
Kemp L. and s., }. B. KcIfoot $. Of A. 's'. D. X.
Marsh S. of NJ 's7, II. Is. Ely :. Of a. 'ss. Ed.
Gould s. OF NJ 'ss, c. X. B ckman ;. of A. s9.
| d. Leroy Dresser 5. of NJ. $50, NJ. 1. Iosait ..
OF A. 10 and j. NJ. Hewlett :. of NJ 90
GArHERI NC IN THE OPERA ROUSE.
| For nearly an hour before the literary cNerches
| hogan in the Orera House lr, 81 lent Ia nard and
the trustees received the guests in the Assembly,
| Rooms In the meantime the family circle was
In. H. sofN me-